Banca de DEFESA: DEUSDEDITH FERREIRA ARAUJO

CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTING BILLING FOR THE USE OF RORAIMA STATE WATER RESOURCES

Clean water and sanitation. Charge for use. Draft decree.

The state of Roraima, although it is one of the states in the federation with the greatest
water abundance, its use has been made without the proper application of
management instruments. In this context, the present research has as its theme the
analysis of the challenges for the implementation of charging for the use of water
resources in the domain of the state of Roraima. The aim is to list the impediments to
charging for the use of water resources in the domain of the state of Roraima. To this
end, a bibliographical research was carried out on charging for the use of water
resources in Brazil and abroad. Added to this, a systematic review of the literature was
carried out in an attempt to find other texts that have already discussed this subject.
An exploratory-qualitative research was established as a methodology for this
investigation, which is divided into three main phases: a) a bibliographical research
added to a systematic review of the literature; b) field research in documentary format
applied to the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) and the State Foundation
for the Environment and Water Resources of Roraima (FEMARH), added to this an
informal conversation with two directors of FEMARH and; c) the elaboration of a draft
of a government decree that deals with the criteria and parameters for charging for the
use of water resources in the domain of the State of Roraima, as the Final Product of
this dissertation. Eight factors that impede charging for water use in the state of
Roraima were identified: a) Lack of Criteria and Parameters, b) Political and cultural
issues, c) Water crisis and organization of residents, d) Absence of trained
professionals, e) The transfer of the charge to the consumer, f) Creation of a state
basin committee, g) Specific state legislation, h) Reorganization of FEMARH. It was
concluded that the impediments are correlated with each other and when implementing
the charge it is possible that more will arise, but that the implementation of the charge
for the use of water resources in Roraima is necessary and urgent since its absence
implies in the perpetuation of the problems of management and, moreover, it is a state
with enormous water wealth that requires, therefore, a strong stimulus for its
conservation in quality and quantity for present and future generations.